“I give you a new commandment: love one another.  As I have loved you, so you also should love one another."  (JOHN 13:34) “As I have loved you,” this is the hard part – Jesus’s love is unconditional; our love usually comes with strings attached.  It is easy to love someone when they love you back.  But it takes mercy and compassion to love someone when you feel unappreciated, feel used or feel like your opinion doesn’t matter.  It takes courage and the grace of God to “love my neighbor” when they may be someone you don’t like, someone you don’t know or someone that doesn’t look like you.